ASC GmbH Appoints New Technical Director for Research & Development

Bombardier to Provide up to 50 Multi-System Locomotives to CD Cargo

Bombardier Transportation and CD Cargo, the freight subsidiary of Czech Railways, have signed a purchase agreement for up to 50 of the newes…

Bombardier Appoints Paul Brown as Managing Director for Australia

Bombardier Transportation has appointed Paul Brown as its new managing director for operations in Australia. His principle objective will be…

Lucy Prior to Leave the Rail Alliance for RTS Solutions

Lucy Prior MBE, International Trade & Membership Development Director at the Rail Alliance, has announced her departure from the organisatio…

UK: Register for Rolling Stock Procurement Forum

Registration is open for the Rolling Stock Procurement Forum organised by the Waterfront Conference Company on 27 November at Dentons, Londo…

Australia: Organisations and Regulators Meet Ministers for Rail Safety Week 2018

The Australasian Railway Association (ARA), the TrackSAFE Foundation and federal ministers have met with the National Rail Safety Regulator …

Axminster Carpets: Belmond British Pullman Renovation

Axminster Carpets were proud to have been involved in the recent renovation of the Belmond British Pullman, a luxury train operating...

High-Speed Rail Service Between China and Hong Kong Reaches Milestone

Hong Kong – On 16 August 2018 the Secretary for Transport and Housing announced that the Hong Kong section of the high-speed rail service be…

Shift2Rail Publishes Preliminary Programme for InnoTrans 2018

Shift2Rail has published its preliminary programme for InnoTrans 2018. The European Union agency is showcasing an extensive range of solutio…

UK: Network Rail Invests £725,000 as Part of the Great North Rail Project

Network Rail is investing £725,000 to improve the reliability of the rail service between the cities of Liverpool and Manchester under the u…

What to Expect at Next Month’s InnoTrans 2018

More than 3000 exhibitors will display their products over 200,000 square metres in 41 halls and on more than 3,500 metres of track at the w…

EU Publishes Contingency Management Handbook for Rail

The European Commission has developed a Handbook for International Contingency Management. It features standards that will ensure rail traff…

Sydney: New Metro Passes 100km/h Speed Test

The new train for the Sydney Metro, which is due to enter operation in 2019, successfully passed 100km/h during its high-speed testing. The …

Polarteknik Awarded SCM Partner of the Year 2018 by Hitachi Rail

On July 3rd at the Hitachi Rail Supplier meeting in Firenze Palazzo Vecchio, Polarteknik was awarded SCM partner of the year 2018 in recogni…

Stadler to Supply 71 Trains to the Wales & Borders Franchise

KeolisAmey, which was awarded the Wales & Borders franchise and the South Wales Metro service by the Welsh government, has ordered 71 trains…

Netherlands: State Railway Operator Upgrades Trains for Passengers with Disabilities

Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), the state railway operator in the Netherlands, has contracted a Bombardier-Siemens consortium to upgrade their …

United Wagon Company Awarded Q2 Quality Status by Deutsche Bahn

Deutsche Bahn has approved United Wagon Company (UWC) to supply freight cars to the operator and assigned it Q2 quality status. The Tikhvin …

Le Shuttle Freight: High Trade Volumes in July 2018

Le Shuttle Freight has published a report on its trade volumes for July 2018. The company recorded its best freight figures for that month o…

UK: Hitachi Building Azuma Trains for London North Eastern Railway

Hitachi has started constructing a fleet of Azuma trains for London North Eastern Railway (LNER) to operate on the East Coast Main Line in E…

German Government Releases Funds to Increase Energy Efficiency in Rail

The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) in Germany has launched a new programme to support energy efficiency in …

Amtrak Unveils Interiors of its New Acela Express Trains

On 8 August Amtrak unveiled the interiors of its new Acela Express trains set to run on the company’s Northeast Corridor (NEC). Alstom is ma…

UK: ‘Plus 1’ Reception for Young Professionals in the Rail Industry

The Railway Industry Association (RIA), Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) and Young Rail Professionals (YRP) have announced a…